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in use

in use prepositional phrase: currently being used.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Currently being used.
    • Our theory in use is often different from the one we espouse to.
  2. (archaic) Used; accustomed.
    • The man, ye should ken, was cast upon a rock in the sea, where it appears the Good People were in use to come and rest as they went through to Ireland.1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC

in use meaning in Tamil and Urdu

in use in Tamil

வழக்கத்தில்

in use in Urdu

رائج

Questions about in use

What does in use mean?
In use means currently being used.
What is in use in Tamil?
In use in Tamil is வழக்கத்தில். See In use meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is in use?
In use is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in use in the dictionary

  1. in twos
  2. in unison
  3. in unity, there is strength
  4. in universe
  5. in ure
  6. in use
  7. in utero
  8. in utramque parte
  9. in utramque partem
  10. in utrumque partes
  11. in vacuo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in use (page history and authors); in use (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); in use (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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